# PhishDestroy threat dossier — stormcex.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-21 19:57:05 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stormcex.com/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 21 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 68/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Ethereum

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.222.184 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Nameservers:     davina.ns.cloudflare.com, donovan.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-09-10
Expires:         2026-09-10
Page title:      Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | StormCEX
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2025-09-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-09-28 21:54:38 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-03-31 00:49:43 UTC (STALE — 21 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-02-23 03:15:03 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 21 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 21 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/01999251-9bf6-721c-a337-eb322f9cf3fb/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/stormcex.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.stormcex.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=stormcex.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/stormcex.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/stormcex.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:30:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies stormcex.com as a low-risk generic phishing domain, posing potential threats related to cryptocurrency trading services. The domain title references buying and selling Bitcoin and Ethereum, which could lure unsuspecting users.

The domain was registered via CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED and resolves to IP 188.114.96.3. It appeared on one security blocklist and was flagged by a minor percentage of VirusTotal vendors. The domain was created recently, on September 10, 2025.

Currently, stormcex.com is taken offline, limiting exposure to end users. Users are advised to avoid engaging with this domain and remain cautious when approached by similar cryptocurrency exchange platforms without verified legitimacy.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       03fe3caba05e65b14e4035139eee89b12be87cd0bcf342ac3886770eec3a9962

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stormcex.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=stormcex.com
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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